Alternative Income REIT has told investors it intends to continue paying a dividend despite a sharp fall in earnings and net asset value (NAV) during the three months to the end of March as the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic hit the firm.

Unite Students is set to miss out on up to 65% of rental income during the summer semester after giving rent holidays to students who left their rooms to return to their families during the Covid-19 health crisis.

The joint venture between EcoWorld London and Poplar HARCA has secured a £36m development loan from Lloyds Bank to develop 223 residential units, a community centre and ancillary retail at Aberfeldy Village in Poplar, London.

The leaders of three leading retail and property groups have written to the Chancellor Rishi Sunak calling on the government to underwrite retail rents as store groups and landlords suffer in the Covid-19 health outbreak.

Nick Leslau’s Secure Income REIT has begun legal action against the owners of hotel chain Travelodge after lambasting its owners for not making any proposals to pay rent after failing to make the last quarter payment.